Fastening device.



No. 702,056. Patented lune I0, 1902;

. C. D. HANCOCK.

FASTENING DEVICE. (App fieation filed Aug. 10, 1901.) i (N0 Modal.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

ygy/mz, 1 0&1 w/M No. 702,056. Patented June It), I902.

. c. DLHANCOCK;

FASTENING DEVICE.

V (App1icb .tion filed Aug. 10, 1901.) v (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

1 CHARLES D. HANCOCK,

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srncrnrcacrro v forming air mates Patent no.;7o2,o5o, dated Jn io, i 2;

I ApplicationtiledllngustI0, 1901 iSeria1Noi71,588.. (No model.) 2 I' v I To all whom it may concern: j

Beit known that I, CHARLESfD. H NCOCK,

a'ci'tizen of the United States5residing at'Ohi cage, county of (JOokQS tate of Illinois, have invented a certain new' a'nd useful Improvement in "Fastening Devices; and. Ide'clara' itheifollowing to be a' full elearyand exact f description ofjthe. in've'nti'omsuch as Willem J ableothers skilled in the artgto whichit pertains to makeand fuse thesarne';;reference beinghad to the'accornpanying'drawings,

which form a. part of this specification.- -:.My invention relatesinjgeneralto fasten-- ing devices,' a'nd more particularly tosuch devices which comprise two cooperating mem bers adapted to' bje se'cnredto two separate articles or to two partsgof the "same article which it is desirable to unite.

The object of myinventionis to provide .a' fastening device. of -the; character referred tothe .memberslof which 'ma'ybe securely "and easi1y att'achedto'the-artiol'es or parts of an article, andmay bereadily and conveniently enfgaged and disengaged'from each other and the articles or parts, of an articleunited."

which when engaged "will 'efiecjtively retain Afurther object 'of'rny invention is to pro vide a fastening device ofitheclass' mentionedwhich will be simple in-constructiongefflcientin us'e, and inexpensive in manufacture.

'The invention will bemore fully described I hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichthe same is illustrated as embodied in severalconvenient an'dprac tical forms, andlin jwhich Figure 1 is a plan view'of the two ir'ieinloers of my, fasteningd'evice in engagement; Fig.- a cross-sectionon line 2'2'of-.Fig. 1, look,

'in'gupw'ardl'y in the lldirection of the arrows;

I 5 line 5 5 of Fig.3 looking upwardly; Fig. 6, a

section-on the line 6 '6 of Fig. llooking up- 'Wardly; Fig; 7 'a' cross-sectionalqview of" a retaining-plate; Fig.8, a plan view of a modified" form of my fastening; device; showing 9 looking upwardly from the bottom of the two members iILOngagement; Fig. 9, a

planview 'of anothermodified form of myinvention looking downwardly on Fig. 11; Fig. 10,a plan View from the under side 'of I iFigQllrildig. 11 a transverse section on the li'nellll of Fig. 9 and'Fig, 12, afiplan View of still another inodified flormiof my inven tion, showingfthe two m-einber s --,in engages Similar reference characters indicate simi- *lar'parts'in the several figure'sof the drawings. a ,My fasteningdev'ice consists, essentially, in

two engaging. m'ernberaeach of which com -s prises an overlappingportion raisedorfprojecting above the body portiononj each membe r, such overlapping p'ortionLbeing provided l with means for interlocking with" similar means upon the other member. Any suitable. means may be "provided for attaohing the members to the articles' orthe two parts ,of a single'article whicharefto be united.

My inventioniscapable of ai varietyof uses-such, "for instance,'as detaohably con-- nectingportions of suspenders,-for fastening gloves,;clot hing, (inwhichus'e it performs thefunction of buttons or h ooksandeyesy) for supporting curtains or p'ortie'res, for uniting the parts of, horseblankets'; for'fasteninglegs ties.

I jR'eferring the'drawings, reference -gletter"A indicates oneof'the members or the fastening device,

portion on the otherx member such overlappingiportion a preferably,extendingabove corsets, u mbrellas; orthe endsot balemerelpartio'ularly'to Sheet 1 of 7 each of which comprises an annularraisedor depress'ed portion x, within which is a circurlar portion a, adapted mo er-laps similar the surface of the member vand tothe opposite side thereof fromthe annular raised portion'ac." Any suitable'means-may-beprovided npon the overlapping'portion=a for engaging the overlapping portion of the othe'frnember.

,For'co'nvenience I have shown-such engaging meanspto comprise-a boss y, =projecting in wardly' or toward the plane of the body portion of the membeiyas clearly shown ii -Fi 5. Any s'uitable. means may beprovided.for l l attaching the'memberlto'the' article'orpart of an artiolesuch,forxinstan'ceg' as'a'series.

of perforation's'c throughitheannular raised portion 0a, through which attaching means may pass after passing through the article as, for instance, the points-d o f theplate D. (Shown in Fig. 7;)

The other member;

B-jofli'jmy fastening dovice, as embodied in the form illustrated on Sheet 1 of the drawings, is similar to the memberjust described in that it comprises a raised annular portion a; and semicircular projecting portion 1), which is provided with means for engaging the boss y on the member A, and thereby locking the two members together. Such engaging means is shown as consisting in a boss .2, similar to the boss y of the member A, as clearly shown in Fig. (5. The member B may be attached to the article in any desired way-as, for instance, by means of fastening-plate D, the projections d of which extend through perforations c in the annular raised portion In Fig. 8 I have illustrated a modified form of my invention, each member of which is provided with a portion C, through which perforations c extend, thereby adapt-ing this embodiment of my invention especially for use in fastening corsets, the fastening-rivets or other means passing through the perforations 0. The circular projecting portion a of the member A, which overlaps the corresponding projecting portion of the other member B, is provided with a boss y, similar to that provided at y in the member A. (Shown on Sheet 1 of the'drawings. The memberB in Fig. 8 is provided with a semicircularprojecting portion 1), which overlaps the portion a on the member A, such portion I) being provided with an opening 2, which engages the boss 1 of the other member of the fastening device when the parts are in engagement, as shown in Fig. 8.

In Figs. 9, 10, and 11 I have illustrated a modified form of my fastening device, which is particularly adapted for use in lieu of hooks and eyes or buttons for fastening together portions of garments. In this form of my invention the members A and B are provided with annular raised portions 00 and also with projecting portions a and b respectively, which overlap when the members of the device are in engagement. A boss 2 projects from the portion of the member B while a perforation 1 adapted to engage the boss, is formed through the portion a of the member A The members of the fastening device, as illustrated in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, may be secured to garments or other articles in any desired manner--such, fol-instance, as by straps 0 formed integral with the body portions of the engaging members, around which thread may be passed to sew the members of the fastening device to the portions of the garments or other articles.

Fig. 12 illustrates a modification of my invention, which is well adapted for use as a fastening device to unite the ends of a belt or to connect the usual detachable parts of suspenders together. The two members A and B are provided with extensions C each of which is provided with an elongated slot 0 through which the ends of the belt or portions of the suspenders or ends of other articles are passed and secured. In this modification each member is provided with an annular raised portion m and with projecting portions a and Z2 which overlap, and thereby overlapped retain the members A and B in engagement through suitable interlocking means re -as, for instance, the bosses shown on Sheet 1 or aboss and cooperating aperture, as shown in Figs. 8 to 11, inclusive.

The members of my fastening device may be made in any desired way, one method of manufacture thereof being the stamping or embossing of the members in dies or molds f the desired form, by which operation the annular raised portion is formed and the overlapping portion is forced to the opposite side of the member from the annular raised portion, the boss projecting from the overlapping portion being formed at the same op eration. The slot formedin the periphery of the projecting overlapping portion may then be cut or sheared approximately half the'distance around the circumference of the pro jecting portion and of slightly greater diameter to permit the engagement of the other member therewith. It would also be entirely practicable to form each member at a single operation, theperipheral slot being cut and the raised and projecting portions thereof being formed by a single apparatus of the req uisite construction. 1

Both of the engaging members of the fastening device may be of the same shape as shown in Fig. 5, or, if desired, the overlapping portion of one member may be cut away, as shown in Figs. 4: and 6, for instance, thereby decreasing the distance necessary to lap the members into engagement. V

The operation of. my vinvention will be readily understood from the above descrip tion of the structure of the engaging members and may be brie fly described as follows: Each of the members is secured to the article which is to be united to another article or is secured to a part of a single article which is to be united to another part thereof by any suitable fastening means-as, for instance, the plate D, the projecting points d of which pass through the article and then through the perforations 0, formed in the raised or sunken annular portion of each member, and then are bent over to securely attach the member to the article. The members may, however, be attached by sewing through the perforations in the sunken annular portion or through the integral straps 0 or the members may be attached by rivets passin g through the perforations, as shown in Fig. 8, or the ends of the article may be passed through elongated slots 0 as shown in Fig. 12, and thereby secured to the laterally-projecting portions 0 The members of the fastening device are engaged by inserting the overlapping portion of one member in the semicircular slot in the other member, there by permitting the projecting portions of the members to overlap, they being held in such overlapped position by suitable interlocking means-such, for instance, as bosses on both members or a boss on one member and an opening through-the other. The members may be readily disengaged from each-other by a relative longitudinal movement or by a slight rotary movement of either member,

wherebythe interlocking means are disen contact, serve as fulcrums about which the members may be relatively rotated'to disengage the interlocking means when it is de-' sired to separate the two parts of the fastening device.

While I have shown the interlocking means on the overlapping portions as centrally located, they may be located at any point within the circumference of the projecting overlapping portions, it being only necessary that they should be brought into contact when the members are in engagemenfiand thereby slightly press the overlapping portions apart, so as to hold the members of the-fastening device firmly together.

While-I have described more or less precisely the details of the several embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself thereto, as I contemplate changes in form, the proportion of parts, and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient without departing from th'e'spirit of my in vention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Afastening device comprising two members each having an offset portion and an opening at one side of said offset portions, whereby the. offset portion on one member may pass through the opening in the other member and be received within the recess formed by theoffset portion on the other member, said offset portions" extending in oppo site directions when the members of the device are in engagement, substantially as described.

2. A fastening device comprising two members having offset portions projecting in opposite directions and openings at either side of said offset portions forming shon1ders,whereby the offset portion of one membermay pass through the opening in the other member and be received Within the recess formed by the offset portion thereon and the shoulders on the members brought into contact, substantially as described.

3. In a two-part fastening device, the com-- bination with a member having a circular off set portion and a peripheral slot extending substantially, around one-halfof the circum= ference of said offset portion saidslo tadapt ed to permit the passage therethrough of the oppositely-projecting offset portion ofthe other member, of interlocking means forretaining the offset portions ofthe members in engagement and thereby uniting theitwo" members of the fasteningdevice', substantially as described.- 1

"4. In a fastening device, a member comprising an annular raised 'portionya circular projecting portion having a peripheral slot slot adapted to permit the passagethere through of 'a reversely-projecting portion on I a cooperating member of the fastening 'device, a boss located upon said circular ro'-- jecting portion adapted to interlock with the '80 through one-half of its circumference said other member of the fastening device, substantially as described. e 5. In a fastening device, with a member having a circular projecting portion through one-half of the pe'rip'hery'of the combination too 6. In a two-part fastening device, thecombinationwith a member having an annular,

raised portion, a circular portion projecting from the side of said member'opposite the an- .nular portion, and having a slot extending; around one-half of the periphery of-said air cnlar portion, of a cooperating member having an annular raisedportion, as'emicircular' portion projecting from the side of said second member opposite from its annular portion and interlocking bosses extending from said projecting portions in the same direction as the annular raised portions thereof, whereby when the semicircular portion of one member is passed thro'ughjthe peripheral slot,

in and overlaps the circular projecting portion of the other member, the bosses 'will interlock and retain the members in engagement, substantially as described.

tion in the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses:

G O; L. WILKINSON, CLARA C. CUNNINGHAM.

126 In testimony whereof Isign this specificaf' CHARLES HA oooK; 

